Exactly what the Rosicrucians had planned. The learned and not-so-learned men was curious, and wanted to join.
They also contained a request to all the learned men in Europe to join them in their quest.
In 1615 they publicised " Fama Fraternitatis" and " Confessio fraternitatis Roseae Crucis, ad eruditos Europae", two manifestos revealing their existence and some of their powers. Their idea was to create as many false orders as possible, to confuse and annoy the Technomancers. To avoid the Technomancers they had invented a trick: to hide in the open. They allied themselves with some Ahl-I-Batin sects, and exchanged information with them. During the period of 1500-1600 the Rosicrucians organized themselves, slowly preparing for their grand plan. The Rosicrucians wanted to continue to spread the hermetic ideas among the sleepers, but now only to the "worthy", who could handle them. This led to the appearance of diabolists, power-hungry or destructive mages. They claimed the failure was not due to the contact with mundanes, but due to the fact that they had initiated almost anybody into the false order. The Rosicrucians were a more radical camp of the order. Many claimed that the failure was due to excessive contact with the mundane world, and retreated into pure study. Many mages simply left to other traditions or founded their own small groups. After the failure during the middle ages of the false order, the Order was shaken to its foundations. The Rosicrucians are not a tradition, but a camp inside the Order of Hermes. This text mentions lots of things White Wolf has trademarked. Rosicrucians A subgroup of the Order of Hermes By Anders SandbergĬopyright 1994 by Anders Sandberg.